David Sliker on the fasted Lifestyle:
Voluntarily embracing weakness in what we do and who we are with our time, money and giftings.
The fasted lifestyle is a constant decision to lay aside the short-term gain for the point of long-term gain (eternity).
To really embrace the fasted lifestyle you have to make many internal decisions that make you relate to God and men in a different way. Most people don’t have their values really in line. People need language and tools to lay hold of what’s real according to what’s Biblical not cultural.
Matt Gillogly said:
Yes, the decision to lay aside the short term gain, that is the world. In the days we live in today, our country and it’s people have no earthly idea about sacrifice. We all want it now, the way we want it, without any regard to the long term ramifications.
People are like this, companies are like this.
If we pursue God in our businesses the way we pursue the latest trend of business acumen, or the way we pursue the new car or the top end vacation… how much different would our world and relationship with the lord look?
Posted on November 20, 2007 at 1:16 pm